Cases of measles in Chatham-Kent have pretty much run their course.
That from Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health.
He said since last fall, we’ve had about 170 cases of measles.
“For the most part, these cases are in people who are not vaccinated,” he told the board of health recently. “And the number of cases have been declining in recent weeks.”
That decline has allowed CK Public Health to reallocate resources to programs from which they were borrowed, Nesathurai said.
He added a big reason we did not have a larger outbreak is prevention.
“In part, the reason we’ve been able to manage measles in the community with relative efficiency is because of the high vaccination rate,” Nesathurai said. “Our best estimate is that 95 per cent of 17 years olds in Chatham-Kent are up to date with their vaccinations.”
